Chapter 257 (2/2)

“Ugh? Hi, Sein. It’s been a while.”

“… I guess so. It’s been a long time, ” he said, putting down the sword.

I asked him, handing him a towel placed in the corner of the field, “Why are you sparring suddenly? And that sparring with several people? ”

“Well, I just wanted to shake off my frustration by sparring with them.”

“Really? Are you going to spar with me then? In fact, I came out for the same reason.”

“No, thanks. I’ve done enough. By the way, why are you frustrated? Don’t you feel good?”

“No, not necessarily. I just feel in a mellow mood. ”

Carsein, who looked down at me smiling awkwardly, reached out and dishevelled my hair.

“It looks like you are becoming mature as you have something to worry about.”

“… ”

“Hey, it isn’t like you at all. You’re just a dumb little girl who has no tact.”

“What the heck…?”

“So, don’t change your style, okay. If you do, I will be heartbroken.”

Before I even responded, he put a wet towel over my face. When I took it off, shuddering with that sticky and uncomfortable feeling, he said with a smile, “Hey, it seems that you are not paying any attention to me at all just because you are busy. You are stuck in the office all day long without even saying hi, and you never write a letter to me these days. Besides, you don’t appear at the knights division office.”

“… Sorry.”

“Hey, even if you’re hectic busy, can you take time out to say hi to me? If you don’t do it, I’ll be hurt a lot.”

“Got it, Sein. I’m really sorry.”

“If you’re sorry, pay more attention to me, okay? You can’t find another great man like me.”

He said, smiling playfully after lightly hitting my forehead, “Hey, why don’t you go out since it’s been such a long time?”

“Going out?”

“Yeah. I know you have been stuck in the office, snowed under with work these days. How about going out to the street for a break? What do you think?”

“Well…”

It was a very attractive suggestion, but I shook my head, pulling myself together. I had too much work to do to go out for a brief pleasure.

“Sorry. I have a lot of work. I’m afraid I can’t today.”

“You can’t take time out even briefly?”

“No, I’m sorry, Sein. ”

“Oh my…Okay, I understand. I can’t help it if you say you’re so busy,” he said with a sigh, “Then, can you spare two days for me after the festival is over?”

“Two days?”

“Yes, two days. This is in exchange for the promise we made last time, so you must keep it, okay? ”

“Ugh? Promise? What promise? ”

“Don’t you remember? You said you would do me a favor because you didn’t come to the banquet to celebrate my knighthood. ”

“Oh, that’s right. I made the promise.”

At that moment, one thing came to my mind. I made the promise one day two years ago, when I was looking at him, full of envy.

My father told me not to attend Carsein’s banquet because of the rumors about him and me at that time. Bothered by the fact that I couldn’t attend his banquet, who was one of my closest friends, I put off RSVP day after day. In the end, when Carsein asked me again whether I could attend his banquet, I said I could not with apologies. When I was at a loss about what to do because I was so sorry, he asked me to do him a favor.

“Okay. I will keep the promise. “